What does IATA stand for?
[top] IATA stands for “International Air Transport Association” whom is the organization which assigns each airport a unique three letter code. For example Los Angeles is LAX, New York Kennedy is JFK, New York La Guardia is LGA, Chicago O’Hare is ORD, Chicago Midway is MDW. Airports also use ICAO codes, but airsim only utilizes IATA codes.